This 40th anniversary collection by the vocal group The Sixteen is of a somewhat unfamiliar sort, but the compiler -- Robin Tyson, not the group's busy director, Harry Christophers -- knew what he was doing. There are 40 selections, but there isn't one for each year; the performances are apparently all from the 2000s and 2010s (no years are given). This is reasonable, for the group's sound has remained remarkably consistent over the years. Instead, Tyson aims to show the diversity of The Sixteen's repertory and recordings, ...
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This 40th anniversary collection by the vocal group The Sixteen is of a somewhat unfamiliar sort, but the compiler -- Robin Tyson, not the group's busy director, Harry Christophers -- knew what he was doing. There are 40 selections, but there isn't one for each year; the performances are apparently all from the 2000s and 2010s (no years are given). This is reasonable, for the group's sound has remained remarkably consistent over the years. Instead, Tyson aims to show the diversity of The Sixteen's repertory and recordings, which have indeed increased down through the years from a basis in music of the Renaissance and Baroque. Christophers himself contributes a little note saying that this diversity "has actually been quite a revelation to me." Thus, you get a carefully chosen collection of 20th century music by the likes of Poulenc, Stravinsky, and James MacMillan that fits the smooth Sixteen aesthetic. The Sixteen has felt free to expand beyond that number of singers, and as if to emphasize that point...
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